Course Description
Design, production, and use of digital video. Laboratory experiences with studio and portable cameras; editing and other equipment suitable for educational use.
Additional Requirements for Graduate Students:
Graduate students taking this course will be responsible for
locating, analyzing, and presenting research articles to the
entire class. For each of the regularly required projects, they
will be asked to include resources and references beyond those
required for undergraduates. In addition, they will write a
summary to accompany their final individual projects, drawing on
specific theoretical perspectives to inform current uses and
proposed activities related to their use of the educational
video product.
Athena Title
Video Prod Teach Learn
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EDIT 4500 or EDIT 6500
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered every year.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
1. Students will analyze communications and instructional needs; determine elements most appropriate to motion display and the associated advantages offered by video. 2. Students will be able to operate digital video equipment and software for recording, playback, special effects, editing, and publishing. 3. Students will be able to describe and hookup proper connections between cameras, recorders, monitors, and other devices used in class demonstrations and laboratory practice. 4. Students will plan a 10–15 minute instructional lesson for single-camera production. Students will write shooting script and narrative. 5. Students will plan and prepare needed graphics and titles for both single-camera productions and revise visuals as needed for multiple-camera studio production. 6. Students will successfully record a scripted lesson using camera assembly production techniques. 7. Students will successfully place an audio dub of the planned narration and music background on a camera assembly production video. 8. Students will successfully transfer planned single camera production over to a multiple-camera studio production making use of special effects capabilities. 9. Students will plan a second 10–15 minute instructional lesson designed for single camera production but utilizing electronic editing techniques. 10. Students will successfully script, shoot, electronically edit, and audio dub their final production. 11. Students will critically analyze finished class productions and discuss their strengths and weaknesses.
Topical Outline
I. Introduction to Instructional Television and Video A. History B. Purposes C. Media literacy II. Basic TV and Video Equipment A. Studio cameras B. Lighting C. Staging III. Principles of TV and Video Equipment A. Key definitions B. Implications IV. Production Planning and scripting A. Audience analysis B. Reading scripts C. Writing scripts V. Video Graphics VI. Production Laboratory VII. TV and Video Audio Techniques VIII. Studio TV and Video Production IX. Editing A. Planning edited production B. Production laboratory XI. Evaluation
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